I have deleted all of my emails.
I have maybe 800 Addresses in my PTB 1.5.
Is this the reason that my PTB file is over 65mb?
I deleted over 100 addresses but it seems to make little or no difference.
I did an export to ldif file for my addresses and it is only 460kb.
As you know space is everything on a USB drive.
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Thunderbird doesn't remove messages when they are deleted. You'll need to compact your folders. You can do this by selecting the mailbox in question (eg a standalone POP account or Local Folders) and then selecting File and Compact Folders.
You can set Thunderbird to do this automatically within Tools - Options - Advanced - Offline & Disk Space - Disk Space.
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Sorry should have already told you that.
Already have done that.
Compacted all the folders many times.
I am about ready to try a fresh copy.
Is exporting the addresses to a ldif file the only thing I have to do to save the address files?
I can copy the settings manually for the email setup.
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The Kazoo Spartan
If you use PTB or TB to read newsgroups, the .msf files can grow to be pretty large, too. Right now I have a half dozen or so .msf files that are 1-2 M each. Compact folders doesn't seem to do anything for those files. The only way I've found to reduce their size is:
- close PTB/TB
- delete the offending (or all) .msf files in the News folder and it's subfolders
- restart PTB/TB
The .msf files will be recreated but you'll have to download the headers again and it may or may not (it's been variable for me) loose the read/unread status. When I've done this I make sure that all messages are marked read, delete the files, download the headers and mark them all read.
I don't use PTB or FF to read newsgroups.
I solved the problem by starting with a fresh copy.
PTB folder is now just 24mb. I'll keep an eye on it.
Life is about the journey not the destination!
The Kazoo Spartan